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Right Time

Right Time means application timing - applying nutrients when the crop is ready to take advantage of available nutrients. This step often involves analyzing soil temperature, weather forecasts and other local environmental conditions. The goal is to time nutrient applications to coincide, as practically and logistically as possible, with crop nutrient uptake demand to maximize crop uptake, to minimize excess residual nutrients and to avoid losses to air or water.